A group of masked gunmen opened fire at an upscale Nairobi mall Saturday, leading to a fierce firefight with police and injuring dozens
Kenya
Gunmen Kill 68 in Kenya Mall Attack
Gunmen opened fire at an upscale Nairobi mall Saturday, killing at least 68 and wounding 175. The city’s police chief Benson Kibue told the Associated Press that it was likely an act of terrorism, with no more than 10 attackers involved. After the gunmen burst into the Westgate mall, which is situated in an affluent neighborhood and …
Huge Aquifers Found In Kenya Hail “A More Prosperous Future”
The United Nations and Kenyan officials announced on Wednesday the discovery of a huge water source in northern Kenya that the Kenyan government says could supply the country with fresh water for 70 years, reports the BBC.
Kenya’s Deputy President Denies Crimes Against Humanity At ICC
Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto, played a key role in the post-election bloodbath that engulfed Kenya in early 2008, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor told judges at the opening of Ruto’s trial on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
Africa’s Drinking Problem: Alcoholism on the Rise as Beverage Multinationals Circle
In Kenya, depending on whom you ask, John Mututho is either a hero or a villain, but in a country consuming ever more alcohol, he is certainly a household name. In 2010, Mututho won a battle with the beverage industry to
…
Massive Fire Rips Through Nairobi Airport
The blaze at eastern Africa’s largest airport left the arrivals hall reduced to charcoal at the height of tourism season
Kenya’s Election: What Uhuru Kenyatta’s Victory Means for Africa
Uhuru Kenyatta, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, won election Saturday as Kenya’s new President. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission announced that Kenya’s richest …
Kenya’s Election: Nationwide Polls See High Turnout, Limited Violence
Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans went to the polls on Monday to begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country’s most important — and complicated — in …
Justice for the Mau Mau: Court Case in the U.K. Sheds Light on Grim Colonial Past
The British High Court ruling on Friday allowing three elderly Kenyans to sue the British government for colonial-era abuses represents a watershed moment in British imperial history, and the possibility for further claims from …
Countering al-Shabab: How the War on Terrorism Is Being Fought in East Africa
Two bombings of churches in Kenya pointed to the resurgence al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups in East Africa. But a TIME investigation into how the region’s countries (and the U.S.) are handling groups like Somalia’s al-Shabab …
Dispatch from Somalia: War, but a Glimmer of Hope
TIME’s Africa correspondent writes from the front lines in war-ravaged Somalia, where an African Union offensive against al-Shabab is offering a tenuous glimpse of progress
Must-Reads from Around the World: April 18, 2012
Clutching at Straw – With former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw now being accused of complicity in the rendition and alleged torture of Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhadj, The Week investigates why MI6 agents have let …
Must-Reads from Around the World: March 22, 2012
War Crimes – The Global Mail details more damning evidence of Sri Lankan army atrocities at the 2009 end of the civil war, highlighting the murder of a Tamil Tigers colonel. “Of the mass of available evidence, the most compelling trail is that of Colonel Ramesh. His death provides a crack of light that illuminates the deaths of thousands …